pys

See also: pyś and Pyś

English

Noun

pys

1. plural of py

Anagrams

• SYP, YPs, spy

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Revived Late Cornish) pes

Noun

pys f (singulative pesen)

1. peas

Middle English

Noun

pys

1. Alternative form of pisse

Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpyːs/
• Rhymes: -yːs

Noun

pys c

1. (somewhat derogatory) small and weak person, usually about young boys
2. (somewhat derogatory, somewhat dated, in the definite "pysen") pal, buddy (as a term of address)

   Stick, pysen!

   Beat it, pal!

Declension

Declension of pys
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pys	pysen	pysar	pysarna
Genitive	pys	pysens	pysars	pysarnas

Verb

pys

1. imperative of pysa

References

• pys in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pys in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• spy

Welsh

Pys

Etymology

From Middle Welsh pys, from Proto-Brythonic *pɨs, from Latin pisum (“pea”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /pɨːs/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /piːs/
• Rhymes: -ɨːs
• Homophone: pis (South Wales)

Noun

pys f (collective, singulative pysen)

1. peas

Derived terms

• corbys (“lentils”)
• ffacbys (“chickpeas”)
• gwycbys (“vetch”)
• merbys (“marrowfat peas”)
• pys ar llygad (“cataracts,sties”)
• pys brych (“partridge pea”)
• pys glas (“green peas”)
• pys gwyllt (“vetch”)
• pys gwyn (“white peas”)
• pys gwyrdd (“green peas”)
• pys hir (“kidney beans”)
• pys hollt (“split peas”)
• pys llwyd (“brown peas”)
• pys melyn (“lentils”)
• pys pêr (“sweetpeas”)
• pys poced (“conkers”)
• pys saethwr (“Japanese knotweed”)
• pys slwtsh (“mushy peas”)
• pys walbi (“sweetpeas”)
• pys y bedol (“horseshoe vetch”)
• pys y berth (“bush vetch”)
• pys y ceirw (“any of many flowering peas”)
• pys y coed (“white bryony”)
• pys y fwyall (“ax-fitch”)
• pys y garanod (“vetch”)
• pys y gath (“tufted vetch”)
• pys y llygod (“vetch”)
• pys y wyg (“vetch, tares”)
• pys yr aran (“vetch”)
• pys yr aren (“kidney vetch”)
• Sul y pys (“Carlin Sunday”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pys	bys	mhys	phys
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies